High Rollers
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High Rollers is an American television game show that involved contestants trying to win prizes by rolling dice. The format was based on the dice game shut the box.
High Rollers | |
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Genre | Game show |
Based on | Shut the Box |
Directed by | Jerome Shaw |
Presented by | Alex Trebek Wink Martindale |
Narrated by | Kenny Williams Dean Goss |
Theme music composer | Stan Worth (1974–80) Score Productions (1987–88) |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 559 (1978–80 version) 185 (1987–88 version) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley |
Producer | Robert Noah |
Production locations | NBC Studios Burbank, California (1974–80) Television City Studios Hollywood, California (1987–88) |
Running time | approx. 26 minutes |
Production companies | Heatter-Quigley Productions (1974–80) Merrill Heatter Productions (1987–88) Century Towers Productions (1987–88) |
Original release | |
Network | NBC (1974–80) Syndicated (weekly, 1975–76; daily, 1987–88) |
Release | July 1, 1974 (1974-07-01) – June 11, 1976 (1976-06-11) April 24, 1978 (1978-04-24) – June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20) September 14, 1987 (1987-09-14) – September 9, 1988 (1988-09-09) |
High Rollers debuted on July 1, 1974, as part of NBC's daytime lineup. In September 1975, an accompanying series was launched in syndication and aired once weekly on local stations. Both of these series ended in 1976, with the daytime series ending on June 11, 1976. Alex Trebek was the host for these series. On April 24, 1978, NBC brought High Rollers back with Trebek hosting and aired it until June 20, 1980, when it was one of three series cancelled to make room for The David Letterman Show. The series was produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions.[1]